Operation Midway Blitz Caused 'Chaos' In Ill., Report Finds

By Lauraann Wood

Operation Midway Blitz was not a Chicago-focused immigration enforcement bid but essentially a mass deportation effort through which officials weaponized federal law enforcement, caused "chaos" around the city and "flagrantly" disregarded federal courts serving as a check on its rollout, an Illinois commission has found.

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Hospitals Say HHS Is Withholding Safety Net Reimbursements

By Brian Steele

For more than 20 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has failed to pay tens of millions in reimbursements to hospitals serving low-income populations by incorrectly factoring service days for patients enrolled in Medicare Part C, a coalition of 91 medical centers claimed in a D.C. federal lawsuit.

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No Deal To Blackball 'Early Decision' Students, Judge Told

By Carolyn Muyskens

A federal judge in Boston heard elite universities argue Friday that the "early decision" admissions process is not a scheme to raise tuition but an option for students who want a better shot at admission to their first-choice school.

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Boeing 737 Max Judge Delays Ruling On Punitive Damages

By Ben Adlin

A Washington state judge overseeing Boeing 737 Max passengers' consolidated lawsuit over the 2024 blowout of an aircraft door panel agreed Friday to delay ruling on the company's motion to preclude punitive damages, allowing the plaintiffs an opportunity to conduct further discovery into management's alleged role in the incident.

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Q&A

How Paul Clement Does It All

By Katie Buehler

For most lawyers, getting to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court is a once-in-a-lifetime event, but for a select few, it's a common occurrence. Clement & Murphy PLLC name partner Paul Clement is one of those lawyers. 

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Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Mapping The Affordability Crisis

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a breakdown of federal and state efforts to expand affordable housing and how real estate attorneys are responding.

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Analysis

SEC's Corp. Governance Shift Puts Onus On States, Cos.

By Sarah Jarvis

Lawyers who work with clients on corporate governance matters had a warm response to a recent pledge from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins to let states handle such issues, saying the shift marks a return to the agency's historical approach and may spur increased activity among state regulators.

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Ill. AG Makes $125M Deal With Gas Cos. Toward Bill Credits

By Joyce Hanson

Two gas companies in Chicago and its northeastern suburbs have settled with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in a deal that will give about 1 million consumers $125 million of credits on their bills over the next three years.

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Pharma Co. Investor Sues Over Misleading Aurinia Deal

By Lauraann Wood

A Kezar Life Sciences investor has filed suit asking an Illinois federal judge to halt the company's planned acquisition by a Canadian biopharmaceutical company's U.S. unit unless Kezar fixes the "incomplete and misleading" regulatory filings it submitted regarding the transaction.

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Analysis

5 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In May

By Kellie Mejdrich

HP, Siemens and Honeywell will defend victories in 401(k) forfeiture suits at the Ninth and Third circuits, while union pensioners will battle over life insurance and early retirement benefits at the Tenth and Seventh circuits. Here, Law360 looks at five coming oral argument sessions that benefits attorneys may want to keep an eye on.

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Ill. Court Halts Bid To ID YouTube User Over Hockey Video

By Y. Peter Kang

An Illinois state appeals court Friday reversed an order requiring Google to disclose the identity of an anonymous YouTube user who posted a video of a youth hockey player's on-ice meltdown after losing a game, saying the emotional distress allegations were insufficient to justify allowing pre-suit discovery.

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Legal Meth Does Not Exist, 7th Circ. Says

By Brandon Lowrey

A Seventh Circuit panel upheld the conviction of an Illinois methamphetamine dealer who represented himself at trial, rejecting his argument that "some methamphetamine is legal," including the type he confessed to selling to police informants.

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Don't 'Throw' Young Attys Under Bus, Judge Warns Musk Atty

By Dorothy Atkins

The California federal judge presiding over Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion criticized Musk's attorney Marc Toberoff on Friday for eliciting "waste of time" trial testimony into Musk's $97.4 billion acquisition bid, warning Toberoff he "shouldn't throw young lawyers under the bus" by not quickly acknowledging his role.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury cleared Armistice Capital and two of its executives of class action claims that it pumped and dumped $250 million in Vaxart stock during the COVID-19 pandemic and violated federal securities law with insider trading.

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Whistleblower Says DOJ Rushed SPLC Indictment

By Courtney Bublé

A whistleblower has come forward to say a top U.S. Department of Justice official ordered prosecutors in Alabama to "rush" the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center despite concerns about the viability of the case, according to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.

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California High Court Rejects Dunn's Bid To Nix Suspension

By Adrian Cruz

The California Supreme Court has declined to review a California State Bar decision to impose a one-year stayed suspension on former State Bar executive Joseph Dunn.

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FTC, DOJ Say ABA Reliance Limits Law School Competition

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division told the Tennessee Supreme Court the American Bar Association's monopoly over law school accreditations is driving up the cost of legal education.

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Ex-Bondi Adviser Tapped As Fraud Task Force's Chief Lawyer

By Phillip Bantz

Ousted U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's former adviser is taking on a new role as general counsel for the White House's fraud task force.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A pair of proxy advisory firms have sued two state attorneys general over laws they say impose burdensome requirements for issuing recommendations that go against corporate managers' wishes. Meanwhile, KPMG reports that legal is evolving into a key driver of business performance, and AI is a core component of the department. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of April

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Intel, Colgate and Tripadvisor. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from April.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen a Swiss energy trader bring a Financial List claim against shipping benchmarking company Baltic Exchange, law firm Slater and Gordon sued by a former client, Slack and Salesforce hit Microsoft with an antitrust claim, and Stephen Fry bring a personal injury claim after he broke bones falling off a stage. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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